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Private McAuslan, J., the Dirtiest Soldier in the World (alias the Tartan Caliban or the Highland Division's answer to Pekin Man) demonstrates his unfitness for the service in this first volume of stories of life in a Scottish regiment. Unkempt, ungainly and unwashed... civilian readers may regard him with shocked disbelief, but a generation of ex-servicemen have already hailed him with delight as an old familiar friend.
‘Written in the first person, and reading authentically, it purports to record episodes in the life of the young officer, newly commissioned into a Highland regiment after service in the ranks at the very end of the war... Twenty-five years have not dimmed Mr Fraser's recollections of those hectic days of soldiering. One takes leave of his characters with real and grateful regret’
SIR BERNARD FERGUSSON, 'Sunday Times'
‘It's a while since I enjoyed a book so much, and, indeed, once I'd finished it, I felt like starting it all over again’
GLASGOW EVENING TIMES
‘It's great fun and rings true: a Highland Fling of a book’
ERIC LINKLATER
The author of the famous ‘Flashman Papers’ and the ‘Private McAuslan’ stories, George MacDonald Fraser has worked on newspapers in Britain and Canada. In addition to his novels he has also written numeous films, most notably ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘The Four Musketeers’, and the James Bond film, ‘Octopussy’. George Macdonald Fraser died in January 2008 at the age of 82.
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Book Description HardBack. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st Edition, Barrie & Jenkins 1970. Internally very good clean tight sound sqaure, no bookplate, inscriptions or marks of any kind. Bound in bright gilt letttered blue cloth gently rubbed to spine and lightly dusted to upper board, lack ing dustwrapper. An increasingly uncommon 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # 100201662
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Boards are clean. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear. Seller Inventory # 9999-9992154555
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Impression. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 205pp. 1st edition, 2nd impression 1970. Spine a little skewed, d/w slightly marked and chipped. Spotting to edges. Private ownership. (q20). Seller Inventory # Q20YELWH1506
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR003582375
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002693590
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original clipped jacket. Jacket has minor edge/shelf wear, minor patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), the odd small crease/rub to edges, fading to spine, the odd small mark, a couple of very small (approx. 3mms) tears, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners and a few scratches. Boards are only good with a few marks, minor pushing/bumping to corners, the odd minor bump/rub to edges, the odd small scratch and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top of pages dyed red have the odd small mark. Previous owner's name and old price in pencil partially erased to front end-paper. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and bottoms. Pages bit tanned. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Seller Inventory # 007609
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition hardback with dustwrapper very good / very good no inscriptions, not price clipped, dustwrapper spine very slightly faded, small light crease across middle of dustwrapper spine, attractive copy NB NOT THE COVER SHOWN BY ABE THIS HAS CORRECT CREAM BACKGROUND PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Seller Inventory # 043056
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: F-. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. Reprint. F-/F-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (trifling spotting & offsetting to outer leaves) in dustwrapper (a little edge rubbed, no fade to red pigment on spine); pp. 206 (last blank). A near fine copy. The first appearance of Private McAuslan. Seller Inventory # 018818
Book Description Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book paints a fond picture of life in a Highland Regiment at the close of WW II. 205 pp. Blue cloth covered boards have bright gilt text on spine only, top edge dyed red. Book is slightly cocked , top front corner bumped, ffep excised. Price clipped DJ has edge wear, some small top edge chipping. Bookseller's Inventory # 133445. Digital images available on request. Seller Inventory # 003445
Book Description Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Slight wear, otherwise very good in a lightly used and creased, very good dust jacket. Owner details to endpaper. 1st printing. Seller Inventory # C205745